The fate of cyanobacterial detritus in the food web of Lake Taihu: A mesocosm study using 13C and 15N labeling

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 710, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Yu, Jinlei ^a   Li, Yanmin ^b   Liu, Xiaoling ^b   Li, Kuanyi ^c   Chen, Feizhou ^c   Gulati, Ramesh ^d   Liu, Zhengwen ^a,c,e  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND LIMNOLOGY   (China)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^e Sino Danish Center for Education and Research   (China)

Author keywords

Benthic animals; Food source; Labeling experiment; Microcystis; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; BENTHOS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CRUSTACEAN; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETRITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; FOOD WEB; GASTROPOD; MESOCOSM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SNAIL; TRACER; ZOOPLANKTON;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

ANIMALIA; BELLAMYA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DAPHNIA; DIAPHANOSOMA; GASTROPODA; LIMNODRILUS; MICROCYSTIS; RADIX (GASTROPOD); RADIX SP.; SINOCALANUS;

EID: 84876681935     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1205-y     Document Type: Article

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